• Legitimate business or patent trolls?

    Burst.com is a California company co-founded 18 years ago by Richard Lang. Exactly what is the core business of the company? It holds 10 U.S. patents and asks big companies to license its technology. If they don’t, Burst sues them. […]

  • Former Illinois governor George Ryan convicted of fraud and racketeering

    A jury trial ended in conviction for former Illinois governor George Ryan. He was found guilty of all charges, including [tag]fraud[/tag], obstructing the Internal Revenue Service and lying to the FBI. The charges against Ryan were related to accusations of […]

  • Illegal immigrant studying at Princeton University

    Dan-el Padilla Peralta is an [tag]illegal immigrant[/tag] and a student at Princeton University. He turned himself in two weeks ago. He has won a scholarship to Oxford University in the United Kingdom, but if he leaves the United States he […]

  • Frank Jude Jr’s reaction to not guilty verdict

    According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Frank Jude Jr. is “devastated and disgusted” at the news that three former Milwaukee police officers were acquitted of charges of beating him in October 2004. Jude is currently at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution […]

  • Former Milwaukee Police Officers Not Guilty

    I just listened to the reading of the verdicts in the trial of the three former Milwaukee police officers charged with beating Frank Jude Jr in October 2004. On 4 of the 5 counts the defendants were charged with, the […]

  • Conspiracy of Fools: Enteron???

    Two existing companies came together to form the company that would later be known as Enron. The original companies were Houston Natural Gas (HNG) and InterNorth. The new company was called HNG/InterNorth, but constant power struggles between the two sides […]

  • Pen thief?

    Maruicio Aguirre-Orcutt is currently serving a 57 month sentence in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining a $4,200 pen. Over three years, Aguirre-Orcutt collected dozens of limited-edition fountain pens by telling people that the pens would be given to celebrities or […]

  • Jeffrey Skilling declares his innocence

    The former president of [tag]Enron Corp[/tag], [tag]Jeffrey Skilling[/tag], has taken the witness stand in his own defense Monday. He said, “I am absolutely innocent.” His testimony included a narrative on the company’s growth and quality of employees, and he declared […]

  • Third Party Confirmations Eyed

    Compliance Week By Tammy Whitehouse In light of regulatory action against fraudulent third-party audit confirmations, some law firms are advising their clients to proceed more carefully when asked to provide such confirmations. “We’re cautioning our clients regarding providing third-party confirmations, […]

  • Ancient book may be covered in human skin

    From Yahoo and the Associated Press: LONDON – A 300-year-old book that appears to be bound in human skin has been found in northern England, police said Saturday.The macabre discovery was made on a central street in Leeds, and officers […]